Well, it was a debate

In what’s likely to be the last debate among GOP gubernatorial candidates, there weren’t a lot of detailed answers to tough questions.

GOP Gov. Rick Perry was the only one who came close to giving a plan for meeting Texas’ looming transportation crisis. Sure, his last idea — the Trans-Texas Corridor — didn’t fare too well. He But he continues to say that private investment, and tolls, need to play a part. (The tolls wouldn’t apply to existing roads built with tax money). He’s opposed to a higher gas tax.

You may not like Perry’s idea, but U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison didn’t even acknowledge there is a big need for more transportation dollars. If there is more money needed, she would only say she’d work with the Legislature and there’d never be a tax increase without a vote of Texans.

And activist Debra Medina’s solution is to refuse to send gasoline tax dollars to the federal government. Wonder how long that would last?

There was a lot of attention to something a Texas governor at this point has limited ability to affect: The ability of a woman to get a legal abortion. Hutchison again was called upon to answer whether she supports Roe v. Wade. She said she did — while noting that she has a strong pro-life record — but then didn’t like it when her answer was boiled down to a “yes.”

In another predictable moment, Medina and Hutchison slammed Perry on the Texas Enterprise Fund, which he defended. No surprise there.

The candidates criticized each other. It would have been nice if they’d engaged each other directly this time like they did at the last debate, but perhaps the format didn’t allow it.

All in all, not as much fun as the first debate. Did you think it was informative or swayed any voters? I’d like to know.